Finished up notes..Quiz starts tomorrow and we will finish quizzing on mondayy. (slide 62-end)Hitler biggest mistake of the war! - German invasion of USSRbarbarossa(final plan)Largest military operation in history in both man power and casualtiesStalingrad, Leningrad, mascowScorched Earth Policy: Stalin demanded this of the soviet troops as they relatednever got to mascow90% of stalingradseage: blackade of a city. on LeningradTHE ATLANTIC CHARTER:Set up the war goals of the US and Great BritainGoals:..No territorial gainSelf determinationFree tradeDestruction of the nazi and setting up a peaceful government in GermanyFreedom of the seasPearl Harbor In July, 1941, Japan invaded French Indochina In response, the US stops trading with JapanDue to embargo, Japan felt it had three options:1. abandon ambitions in South East Asia2. compromise with the US3. attack Dutch and British possessions in the Pacific and US bases in the Pacific Yamamoto felt that if Japan had any chance of winning a war against the US it must destroy the US Pacific fleet in a surprise attack A surprise attack would give Japan at least six months to dominate SE Asia unopposed Japan thought that the US then would face a long, bloody struggle and would settle for a negotiated peace that would allow Japan to do as it pleased in Asia Tojo replaces Konoye as Premier of Japan. Konoye wanted to negotiate with the US. Tojo didn’t and had a low regard of the US Tojo wanted war but Emperor Hirohito wanted on last peace attempt.Japan offered this:1. Open door policy everywhere and Japan would withdraw from French Indochina2. US would stop Lend-Lease Aid to China and start trading with Japan again3. Japan would start peace talks with China US refused plan on November 29th US took a hard line stance with Japan now because we had deciphered their diplomatic code(Magic) and knew that they had some type of attack plan. Magic Information“November 29th is the deadline”“things are automatically going to happen” Japan felt that the key to success in the Pacific was air and sea power-especially launching airplanes from aircraft carriers and submarines attacking enemy ships Japan had ten aircraft carriers to our three in the Pacific(based in Pearl Harbor) Japanese Pearl Harbor Attack Plan1. destroy three aircraft carriers, eight battleships, seven cruisers and other small ships2. attack Wake Island and Guam3. attack Malay and Hong Kong4. attack Philippines, Dutch East Indies and Burma Japanese attack force consisted of:1. Six aircraft carriers2. 360 airplanes-Kate High level bombers-dive and torpedo bombers-Zero fighters3. two battleships, three cruisers, eight destroyers Admiral Nagumo commanded the force To succeed, Japan had to travel 3,500 miles without being detected. That meant absolute radio silence and travelling through a vast, lonely expanse of the Pacific Ocean. This attack had to be a complete surprise. “Backdoor to War” Conspiracy
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